and sports has given americans a chance to make statements about race and about how we feel about it. think about jesse owens in the 1936 olympics. i this i about jackie robinson integrating baseball. we ve used sports to make progress and to bring people together and this is going in exactly the opposite direction. i don t think mr. sterling has a place in this landscape. do you think, then, the nba should force him to sell this team? he owns the team and the supreme court really has made it very clear that ownership is ownership. we can t take the team from him. probably. but i don t think he belongs in this environment given the way he feels about 80% of the players in the league. kareem abdul jabbar, thank you so much. it was nice having you on the show.
actually made. sterling, as you ve noted, has been accused of discrimination in the past. elgin baylor accused him of having a plantation mentality and saying he wanted a white southern coach coaching four black players. why didn t society why didn t the nba take those charges as seriously as we re taking these, do you think? wealthy people have the ability to defend their positions a lot with a lot more force and can get you a lot of slack in dealing with the public and putting propaganda out there, putting your point of view across. actions speak louder than words. mr. sterling s actions have been
me. you re supposed to be a delicate wife or a delicate lat tina girl. i m a mixed girl and you re in love with me and i m black and mexican whether you like it or not. the outrage over the phone call and the sentiments expressed have been swift and widespread. there is a protest at the playoff game dropping the warmup suits with the team s logo in the middle wearing their practice shirts inside out. it s not entirely clear if league owners have the power to force him out. tomorrow the nba will comment on the investigation. we re not sure if the league will announce any possible p punishments. joining me is a kareem abdul
of oz with the ruby slippers. you take a situation where yesterday they had kevin johnson, the former l.a. all-star and now the mayor of sacramento giving out the list of demands and current impromptu current association head, great demands that he wants the nba to use to try to get rid of donald sterling or just to keep him in check. they ve got a lot of power. there s a situation such as, say, the washington redskins. if rg3 came out tomorrow and said he s not going to play as long as washington has that in his nickname, they have more power than they perhaps think. howard, the naacp, the local branch, has given mr. sterling two awards despite past instances of allegations of racial discrimination. do they have any explaining to
welcome back to the lead. the sports lead now. we may soon learn in donald sterling will be able to add first ousted owner of an nba team. the man on a tape is heard making racist remarks and chastising his girlfriend for posting a photograph of herself with former nba player magic johnson on instagram and also asks her not to bring black men to the game. people call you and say i have black people on my instagram and it bothers you. yeah, it bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you re associating with black people. do you have to? you associate with black people. i m not you and you re not